Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

On this day, Sun Jian received a report from Buqu in the governor's mansion, saying that a man who claimed to be Huan Jie came to ask for an audience.Sun Ce was overjoyed and went out to meet him himself.

Speaking of Huan Jie, he was a person who was very kind to the Sun family.After Sun Jian was shot and killed by Huang Zu's soldiers, his body was sent to Liu Biao for credit.It was Huan Jie who risked his life to ask Liu Biao to get back Sun Jian's body.After that, Huan Jie returned to his hometown because he wanted to keep his father's filial piety.As for the return of Sun Jian's body, Huan Jie believed that Sun Jian had been kind to him. If Sun Jian had not recommended himself as Xiaolian when he was the prefect of Changsha, the imperial court would not have appointed him as Shang Shulang.

Sun Ce never forgot about this matter.After he won Changsha County, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Huan Jie's hometown. After so long, he finally waited for Huan Jie's arrival.

After not seeing him for a few years, Huan Jie looked at Sun Ce who was surrounded by guards to greet him. He was no longer the frightened young man when Sun Jian died suddenly, but a more majestic and forgiving Marquis of Wu than his father.He hurriedly took a step forward and bowed first to salute.

"Greetings to Marquis Wu."

Sun Ce hurriedly reached out to help Huan Jie up, and said excitedly, "Uncle Xu, I don't dare to honor your courtesy. Last year I came back from Changsha County and said that I had sent you a letter. My uncle even asked me when you would be able to come to Qu'a Woolen cloth."

While talking, Sun Ce walked towards the governor's mansion with Huan Jie on his arm, and at the same time said to the guards beside him, "Send a letter to the backyard to inform that Bo Xu is here."

Huan Jie was moved by Sun Ce's enthusiasm.

Sun Ce first introduced "Two Zhangs" and Sima Hui to Huan Jie. After hearing the news, Lu Fan and Sun He and Huan Jie saluted and expressed their gratitude to Huan Jie again.

While they were talking, someone was sent over, and Sun Ce had time to invite Huan Jie to meet him in the backyard.

Huan Jie followed Sun Ce and Sun He to the back hall, and saw a dozen or so people in Wu Guotai's main hall.Huan Jie saluted Wu Guotai, but Wu Guotai asked Sun Ce to help him.

"Bo Xu, you are the great benefactor of the Sun family. Bo Hai, you and Bo Fu helped Bo Xu to sit up. Zhong Mou, you and your younger brothers and sisters saluted Mr. Bo Xu first."

Wu Guotai gave way, Sun He and Sun Ce invited Huan Jie to his seat, and sat there with him. Then Sun Ce and Sun He took a step back and kowtowed to Huan Jie with Sun Quan and other younger siblings.

Huan Jie hurriedly stood up, "Marquis Wu, Bo Hai, and General Polu were kind to me in the past. I just did what I should do, but I can't afford such a great gift."

Wu Guotai also leaned over and saluted Huan Jie.

"Bo Xu picked up General Polu that day, and then left gracefully. Our whole family thinks of your kindness all day long, you can afford this gift."

Huan Jie hurriedly returned the gift.

Da Qiao came to salute Huan Jie with Sun Shao in his arms, and Wu Guotai introduced him: "This is Bo Fu's wife and the eldest daughter of General Qiao Rui. This is Bo Fu's eldest son Ashao."

Sun Ce took over Ah Shao and saluted Huan Jie again.

Huan Jie returned the courtesy and stopped him: "Mrs. Qiao and the prince should not be more polite."

After saluting in groups, Wu Guotai asked a few words about Huan Jie's affairs in his hometown, and then said to him, "Bo Fu is short of people here, so Bo Xu can stay and help."

When Huan Jie came to Qu'a Governor's Mansion, he wanted to apply for a job. Seeing Wu Guotai open his mouth, Sun Ce and Sun He also cordially invited him, and they immediately nodded in agreement.

A few people went back to the front and said that they had made official arrangements.

Besides, after Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou, Yuan Shu seemed like a delicious feast in front of Taotie.

But Cao Cao couldn't speak.One is that Yanzhou is in the recovery period, and after the war there is a plague of locusts.Although Xia Houchun began to build the water and actively resumed agricultural production, he had to wait until the autumn harvest to see the harvest.

The other is the court's accusation against him for massacring the city again.

Those who originally stood on Cao Cao's side or secretly supported Cao Cao no longer dared to speak for Cao Cao.Seeing that Zhong Yao was heartbroken towards him, Cao Cao began to regret allowing the soldiers to slaughter the city.

He reluctantly argued to Zhong Yao in private: "Yuan Chang, the massacre of Xiapi is indeed a vent of soldiers' anger because too many of their comrades were damaged."

"And before that?" Zhong Yao asked.

Cao Cao avoided answering.

Zhong Yao sighed and said, "Meng De, you are so disappointing. If you dig Liang Xiaowang's tomb because of military resources, even though the emperor is displeased, many scholar-bureaucrats will not agree with your behavior, but there is always an excuse. But you have repeatedly massacred the people of Xuzhou, and we have seen the bones exposed in the wilderness along the way, and there are many recent corpses, how can you convince others with virtue like this.”

Cao Cao's face was swollen by Zhong Yao's words, and he said with a dark face, "I can't convince people with virtue, so I will conquer people with martial arts."

Zhong Yao flung his sleeves and left.He spurned himself as he walked. Why did he think that Cao Mengde, an executioner who killed innocent people indiscriminately, treated human life like nothing, and murdered like hemp, could restore the Han Dynasty?

Cao Cao then faced the impeachment of courtiers headed by Zhong Yao, the censor Zhongcheng.

Cao Cao couldn't come out to attack Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was still thinking about Xuzhou.

The Huainan area occupied by Yuan Shu is mostly rich in products.Among them, Nanyang County, Jingzhou, which he previously occupied, is the most populous and most economically developed county in Jingzhou.Later, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew jointly conspired to take them away, and Zhang Xiu was stationed in Wancheng, Nanyang, and became a line of defense to the north of Liu Biao.

Yuan Shu still occupies ten counties, including Shouchun and Jiujiang, which are the administrative offices of Yangzhou.If it weren't for Sun Ce's confrontation with the emperor Yuan Shu across the river after he went out independently, Yuan Shu's strategic position and the rich land he occupied would be even more enviable.Now that Cao Cao was eyeing him covetously, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu had old feuds with Yuan Shu, so no matter how you looked at it, Yuan Shu was surrounded by heavy siege.

But Yuan Shu just didn't realize the difficulty of his situation, and put on a posture to continue attacking Xuzhou.

Ji Ling was not optimistic about Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou, so he persuaded Yuan Shu: "Ming Gong, Xuzhou has been in ruins after several wars. Fighting for Xuzhou is not worth the gain, but beware of Sun Ce's attack on Shouchun."

Mentioning Sun Ce gave Yuan Shu a headache. He never thought that Sun Ce would stand up so quickly, not as fast as occupying Danyang and other counties, and even took Jiangxia and Changsha counties from Liu Biao.Now Sun Ce's power is too great to be ignored, but Sun Ce changed his previous combat style, no longer rushing forward desperately, but changed it to a steady and steady cannibalization strategy.The county government captured by Sun Ce was quickly absorbed and became an inseparable part of Soochow.

Thinking of Sun Ce, Yuan Shu couldn't help but go to see Qiao Rui.

After Qiaorui was captured alive by Lu Bu, Sun Ce redeemed him with property and prostitutes, but Qiaorui didn't go to Sun Ce's place, but came back to Shouchun, and pleaded guilty to himself and lost the battle.

The shock in Yuan Shu's heart.

He knew that Qiao Rui had always been loyal to him, and that Qiao Rui married his daughter to Sun Ce after he refused to accept the marriage contract, and also intended to win Sun Ce to live for him.But seeing how Sun Ce is developing so well now, Qiao Rui stood there as if reminding himself of his blindness all the time.

By the way, Qiao Rui's second daughter also married Zhou Yu, whom she favored.Originally, he wanted to see that Zhou Yu had a good family background, was handsome and talented, and he wanted to choose Zhou Yu as his son-in-law...

This is Yuan Shu's second heartwarming thing to see Qiao Rui.

Yuan Shu really didn't want to see Qiao Rui.

But Qiao Rui was an eyesore in front of him, which made Yuan Shu very annoyed, and there was nothing he could do with Qiao Rui.

Ji Ling not only disapproved of Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou, but also disapproved of Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor.But Yuan Shu would not listen to anyone's words in order to proclaim himself emperor.Now, just because of this vain proclaiming the emperor, the whole world will discuss it, Ji Ling really feels tired.

Also feeling tired were Yuan Shu's counselors Yuan Huan and Yang Hong. With a lord like Yuan Shu, they would not listen to any beneficial and his schemes.

Yuan Huan was also captured by Lu Bu, but when Qin Song went to redeem Qiao Rui, Qiao Rui bribed the guards, and Yuan Huan was able to escape from Lu Bu's shackles. Unexpectedly, Yuan Huan also returned to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Huan once thanked Qiao Rui in private, "Why should General Qiao come back, wouldn't it be better to go to Sun Bofu?"

Qiao Rui shook his head, "Duke Ming treats me with kindness, how can I reject him to vote for another! Didn't you also come back?"

"I'm different from you. I was recruited by Situ Zhi to assist Yuan Gonglu. Sigh."

Yuan Huan was in a dilemma. He knew that Yuan Shu would not accept other people's opinions, but he had to continue to plan for him beside Yuan Shu. He didn't know whether he should be grateful to Qiao Rui for pulling him in Xiapi, or resent Qiao Rui for letting him go. "Nong" returned to Yuan Shu's side.

Lu Bu has now been destroyed by Cao Cao, so it is definitely not a good place for Cao Cao to kill people like hemp. Yuan Shu will be defeated sooner or later, so where in the world can he make great achievements?

Liu Biao stepped up his attack on Yuan Shu because of the court's urging.Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao were in mutual military assistance. Liu Biao provided Nanyang Wancheng and food and grass to Zhang Xiu. When Zhang Xiu was attacked by the north and Yuan Shu attacked, he helped Liu Biao in the battle.

Sun Ce also sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Shu, suggesting that Yuan Shu go to the emperor's office to confess to the emperor of Han.Because he also received the urging of the court to cross the river to attack Yuan Shu.But he didn't want to attack Yuan Shu, and a large area of ​​Jiangdong was waiting for him to take it under his command.

However, due to the severe drought in Huainan the previous year, the Jianghuai area occupied by Yuan Shu was short of food, and the people's hearts were in turmoil, and a large number of people migrated to Jiangdong.Yuan Shu ordered his soldiers to intercept the migrating people.

Shu Shao, Prime Minister of Pei, persuaded Yuan Shu to either loose grain to help the people or allow the people to flee to Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu was furious and wanted to kill Shu Shao.

Shu Shao said to Yuan Shu: "Duke Ming, I know you will kill me if you say such a thing, but if you kill me, you will let the people live, and I will die without regret."

Yuan Shu was moved by him, and went to untie the rope that bound Shu Shao with his own hands, took his hand and said, "Zhongying, you can be famous all over the world if you die. Shall I share the present predicament? If I disperse food, the army will be short of food. How can I fight against Liu Biao, Sun Ce, etc. who are all around. If the people are allowed to go to Jiangdong, Huainan will be deserted, can I still gain a foothold?"

Yuan Shu and Shu Shao looked at each other and shed tears.

Shu Shao was crying because the people had no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, and Yuan Shu was crying for himself.

Because at this time of extreme food shortage, Chen Lan and Lei Bo, his trilogy, rebelled, plundered a large amount of food and grass, took some soldiers and ran to Shanshan.

There was a gap in Yuan Shu and Sun Ce's defense line immediately, and a large number of people rushed over.Sun Ce deployed many boats along the river to pick up refugees going to Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu was about to eat Sun Ce's heart.